Excluder for felt and knitted boots and socks.



P. w. SAVAGE. BXOLUDER FOR FELT AND KNITTED BOOTS AND SOGKS.

I APPLICATION FILED EPT. 21, 1909. 942,672.

Patented Dec. 7, 1909 lit K E Gil" 13M? v t r tail lif H it.

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FREDERIC W. SAVAGE, OF GRANVILLE, NEW? YORK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed September 21, 190% Patented B ee i, Serial No. 518,804.

To all 'UIZIG'IN it 12mg} (071601771 Belt known that l, l lililltlltlfl TV. SAYAGIQ, a citizen of the United States, resitiling at. Granville, in the county ot ll ashington, titate of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in lixeluders t'or i ch and Knitted .lloots or Socks, of which the 'f ,1llowing is a spet-ilicatiou.

lily invention relates to felt or knitted boots or socks, and more particularly to the 111ea11s employed therewith, in connection with overshees, tor excluding .tront said over-shoes snow, slush, mud and dirt, and has 'ltor its object to provide an exeluder fixed to the boot or sock and adapted when laced in operative position to be firmly united to said overshoe whereby independent movement of said boot 0r sock, and consequent unnecessary wear thereof, will be elt'ectually prevented.

in the accompanying drawin Figure l, is a side, elevation of a felt boot inserted into a rubber overshoe and with my improved construction of excludcr attached thereto. Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the same. Fig, 3 1s a detail vertical sectional view of the front portion of said boot and overshoe.

In the said drawing the reference name '11] 1 denotes a rubber over-shoe of well known construction and embodying aBluc-her top 2 and a tongue 3, the meeting edges of said Blucher top 2 being provided with a series of eyelets at to receive a lacing 5,

The felt or knitted fabric boot or seek 6 is of the usual construction, and has permanently sewed. thereon a series of wear strips T of leather or other suitable material. Attached to said boot or seek at the ankle portion by one or more lines of stitching 8, is an excluder 9 of any suitable waterproof material, said excluder having its front edges provided with a series of eyelets 10 adapted, when said boot or sock is in position in the overshoe l, to substantially register with the eyelets t in the'latter. I also ,ret'erably employ a depending tongue 11 sewed to the boot or sock (S by the line or lines of stitching 8, said tongue when the parts are inposition overlying the tongue 3 01 the overshoe l, as best seen in Fig. 3.

In practice the boot or sock (1 is inserted in the overshoe l in the usual manner with the tongue ll of the boot or SOClC overlying; the tongue 3 of the ovcrshoe but underlying the ilaps of the Blueher top l then prefer to conjointly lace the .lllucher top 2 and the edges of the excluder t) by cross lacing in the usual inant'ter, whereby the parts will be snugly brought together over the tongues 3 and ll and a very elt'ective closure pro vided. l havc shoun in each edge of "he lllucher top a series of three eyelets a. and in each. edge of the excluder t) a series of tour eyelets l0, so that the eyelets i: may be first laced together with their registering eyelets it), the upper pair of eyelets it) being then laced separately and the lacing 5 then tied in the usual manner. lly this con'oint lacing oi the Blucher top and the excluder .l form a connection between the two which will etl'ectually prevent any movement of the boot or sock within the overshoe' 1 and will thus reduce the. wear on the former to a minimum,

if desired the llluelier top may be first laced separately and the lacing then carried through-the uppermost oi. the eyelets 10 in the excluder t) and laced downward through the rest of said eyelets 10, which will also unite the boot or seek (5 and overslioe 1 so as to prevent independent movement.

it will he apparentthat by lacing the edges of the encluder 9 1 am enables to effect a very snug tit oi, the lower edge of said cinder over the overshoe l and one which will readily accommodate itself to various sizes of overshocs. And the boot or seek 6 provided with my improved excludcr may be used with other forms of over-shoes not provided with eyelets.

While-l prefer to employ the tongue 11 in the manner shown and described, the same may, is desired, be entirely dispensed with.

In Fig. 2 I have shown in dotted lines a looped tab 12 which is en'iployed in certain well known makes of over-shoes to initiall receive the lacing 5, as shown.

While I have illustrated my improved construction in connection with a felt boot. (3, it will be uiulerstood that the same isequally applicable to a knitted or fabric sock such as are commonly used with versl1ocs,and in using the term boot in the claims the same will he untltastood to includesaid linitted or fabric socks.

\l'ith my improved ctuistrtuj-tion used in connection with a felt boot the overshoe once positioned and laced thereon need not readily lnsert and remove his foot without l ing flaps adapted to be united at their front, 1 l

' ters Patent is restrain relative movement.

be afterward removed, as the wearer can upper edge of the overshoe, a depending tongue on said bootoverlying said overshoe tongue but underlying the flaps thereof, and means for uniting the meeting edges of said flaps and said excluder.

4. The combination with an overshoe having the meeting edges of its flaps provided with series of eyelets and having an upwardly projecting tongue, of a, boot Within 1 said overshoe, a depending excluder fixed to said boot and overlying the upper edge of the overshoe and having its-meeting edges relative movement. provided with eyelets registering with the 2. The combination with an overshoe havi eyelets in said flaps, a depending tongue 0n ing the meeting edges of its flaps provided i said boot overlying said overshoe tongue but with a series of eyelets, of a boot within said underlying the flaps thereof, a-ndalacing conovershoe, a depending excluder fixed to said jointly uniting and lacing said flaps and exboot and overlying the upper edge of said cluder. overshoe and having its meeting edges provided with eyelets registering with the eyelets in said-flaps, and a lacing conjointly fasl tening and-lacing said flaps and excluder to l l disturbing the overshoe. v

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letl. The combination with an overshoe havof a boot within said overshoe, a depending excluder fixed to said boot and overlying the upper edge of said overshoe, and means for conjointly fastening the edges of said flaps and the edges of said excluder to restrain my hand in the presence of-two subscribing witnesses.

FREDERIGW. SAVAGE.

WVitnesses:

EDWIN L. YEWELL, PERCY B. HILLS.

3. The combination with an overshoe havmg flaps and an upwardly PIOJGCtlYlg tongue, of a boot within said overshoe, a depending excluder fixed to said boot and overlying the In testimony whereof I have hereunto set i 

